exxon is the dominant client for base manager rondell wade. think that what we are seeing, the vast expansion of this oil and gas production and everything that goes with it, is truly benefiting the guyanese people? yes, it is. here at gysbi, we have 96% local employees. and when you look at the other companies that operate within this industry, you see a lot of local guyanese people. and i'm proud of that fact. how different is this guyana, symbolised by the site we're in right now, how different is it from the guyana you grew up in? very different from the guyana i grew up in. the guyana i grew up in was dominated by the rice industry and the sugar industry, along with, like, the bauxite and gold mining industry. and the guyana i'm growing up in now is dominated by the oil and gas industry. exxon signed the first exploration and production agreement with guyana's government eight years ago. now they're sponsoring guyana's oil and gas expo, as the industry expands. businesses from the us to china are flocking here for a piece of the action. gu